Philadelphia council votes to prohibit police from using tear gas and other...
Philadelphia's Democrat-controlled City Council voted to rein in the police response to those exercising their First Amendment right to protest.
View Article‘Let me get my checkbook out’: Reaction to Kate Gosselin offering...
Readers were both amused and intrigued by reality TV star Kate Gosselin listing her family home in Berks County for $1.3 million.
View ArticleAllentown chief asks for $40.8 million police budget, with additional officer...
Allentown police chief Glenn Granitz Jr. on Wednesday made a case to City Council for $40.8 million in funding, saying the best way to reduce crime and improve community relations is to further invest...
View ArticleAllentown business owners, City Hall wants to know how it can help you pull...
The Allentown Department of Community & Economic Development is hosting a series of virtual meetings with business owners to discuss how the city can help them survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleWho’s running for Pa. House in the Lehigh Valley
Most of the Pennsylvania House of Representative races in the Lehigh Valley are contested this election. Below you can find more about the races and links to see our coverage on each one.
View ArticlePhiladelphia police face rebuke from city, Wallace family
Philadelphia police faced rebuke Thursday from both City Hall and the family of Walter Wallace Jr. as an anguished city bemoaned the department's response to a year of extraordinary, and sometimes...
View ArticleLehigh Valley’s soaking continues, with winter-like temperatures expected today
Thursday’s rain brought a few downed trees and minor power outages, but no real flooding incidents in the Lehigh Valley, emergency dispatchers in Lehigh and Northampton counties said.
View ArticleAt 106 years old, Lehigh Valley woman has lived through Spanish flu and COVID-19
Laura Pearl of Walnutport celebrates her 106th birthday Friday, having been born the same year as World War I and living through the deadly Spanish flu as well as the coronavirus.
View ArticleElection Day forecast: Weather, turnout, and voting come together as the next...
An election that will happen amid a surge of coronavirus cases and increasing hospitalizations in Pennsylvania will be void of at least one thing on Tuesday — rain.
View ArticleLehigh Valley Phantoms' season pushed back until February
American Hockey League hopes to start play on Feb. 5, 2021.
View ArticleNetflix raises prices on U.S. subscriptions as content spending grows
Netflix raises prices on U.S. subscriptions as content spending grows
View ArticlePennsylvania voters have clout: We could decide this election
Column: Pennsylvania may be the pivotal state in this election, and voters here know it. Voter enthusiasm has been fantastic.
View ArticleTop 5 things to do in Lehigh Valley this weekend include ‘Thriller’ zombie...
Top 5 things to do this weekend: A drive-through ‘Wimpy Kid’ party in Emmaus, while Screamin' Green Hauntoween wraps up, and there's a Ghost Walk, virtual ‘Thriller’ and Blues for VALOR
View Article2 charged with possessing explosives amid ATM break-ins in Philadelphia
Officials say two men have been charged with possessing explosives after their van in Philadelphia was found to contain explosives as officials investigate bombings of cash machines across the city
View ArticleIn 2016, Trump won Hellertown by 75 votes. As in many Pennsylvania towns, the...
Hellertown, a blue-collar borough with more registered Democrats than Republicans, favored Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton four years ago by just 75 votes. How is it shaping up in this presidential...
View ArticlePennsylvania election official says 2.2 million mail-in ballots already in;...
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar said that by Friday morning, more than 2.2 million mail-in ballots had already been returned and uploaded into election systems in the state’s 67 counties.
View ArticleBus carrying 38 inmates crashes on Pennsylvania Turnpike, injuring 11 and one...
A state Department of Corrections bus that was carrying 38 inmates crashed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
View ArticleMan fires gun into door of Allentown apartment building where girlfriend...
Police say the 27-year-old man fired four shots into the apartment building door where his girlfriend lives.
View ArticleAmid civil unrest, National Guard arrives in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania National Guard arrived in Philadelphia on Friday following days of protests, store break-ins and ATM thefts after a Black man holding a knife was shot at 14 times by police, killing him.
View ArticlePennsylvania officials won’t prevent people without masks from voting at the...
Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar and Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine on Friday urged those voting in person to wear a mask for their own safety, as well as to protect fellow voters and poll...
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